Poll of the Day > I own 295 N64 games, should I ever sell them?

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Over the course of a few years I slowly collected all the american release N64 games except for Clayfighter: Sculptor's Cut. They are all in pretty great condition with all of the labels in tact and no writing.

At first I collected just because I love the N64 and simply wanted them. However, I've also considered their potential resale value one day, given that Nintendo products continue to have huge popularity. Someone on ebay I recall had all 296 all for like five thousand dollars or more. Maybe that's the ceiling for how much they can be worth. Thoughts?

Burn them like the trash they are!!!
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I'll buy em :)
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Not sure you'd get much for them. However, given that not every game is worth playing, it seems like it'd fine selling some of them if you can net a profit *unless* you're a collector.
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Yeah after collecting them all I feel I have to keep them together. The problem is about half the games are pretty bad or lessened by a sequel. And most games that I'd rather keep are the ones that are worth a lot more. Others were all so cheap though it became addicting to buy one by one.

It's hard to predict a future 20 years from now, will the cartridges even work anymore?

That's really neat. I wish I had the patience to do such a thing.
But now that you've collected all the American games, how about collecting other games that was only released in other regions?
That's probably a lot harder(and more expensive) though.

I dunno about you but if I had all N64 cartridges in my collection I would keep them all. No matter how shitty some of them were.
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Squellvine posted...

It's hard to predict a future 20 years from now, will the cartridges even work anymore?

Considering the vast majority of Atari 2600, Odyssey^2, Channel F, ColecoVision, Intellivision, etc. carts, which are about 20 years older than N64 carts, still work, I'd say the odds are pretty good that they will.
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I'd say sell 75% of them and keep the best 25% that you know you'll play

What was the best N64 game in your opinion?

I can sort of relate.. I had over 120 complete SMS games (and was still going).. something about the mid 80s to early 90s 8bit SEGA era appealed to me.
Had to let em go when I moved.. so I researched prices, took out the rare ones out and sold the rest as a set

Anyway, good luck to you, its not an easy decision
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well if you do sell them don't sell them to vintage stock/gamestop/etc. b/c for that lot you'd get a whopping seven dollars and a "that's the best i can do bro"
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I didn't know they even made 100+ N64 games.

keep them all
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WarGreymon77 posted...

I didn't know they even made 100+ N64 games.

You'd think the N64 would have...64 games!!!

badum-tss
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Selling all together will net you less cash in the end. Selling separately would be best. Not many people would want or need the whole set in 1 shot unless they were getting a great deal.

So ya I'd just sell like 75% of them and keep the best 25% of the games. Those are the ones that will hold value the best as well.

Pics.
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Make sure to sell before the N64 classic comes out
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LeetCheet posted...

That's really neat. I wish I had the patience to do such a thing.
But now that you've collected all the American games, how about collecting other games that was only released in other regions?
That's probably a lot harder(and more expensive) though.

I dunno about you but if I had all N64 cartridges in my collection I would keep them all. No matter how shitty some of them were.

I have one Japanese game although collecting all of those is not too interesting to me. I did, however, collect every Nintendo Power issue released 6 months before the N64 came out all the way to the release of the Game Boy Advance (when the N64 coverage ended). Reading through them is like your chronological guide to playing every game.

So it's pretty sweet and I'm likely to keep it all. At least to see what its worth a little more into the future. I have no idea if I have a kid one day if they will appreciate it. It would be upsetting if not, lol. There's also a lot of great 4p multiplayer games too.

I had almost all of them and regret selling them. Don't.
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JixHedgehog posted...

What was the best N64 game in your opinion?

I can sort of relate.. I had over 120 complete SMS games (and was still going).. something about the mid 80s to early 90s 8bit SEGA era appealed to me.
Had to let em go when I moved.. so I researched prices, took out the rare ones out and sold the rest as a set

Anyway, good luck to you, its not an easy decision

My favorite of all the games - probably Banjo Tooie. The first one gets all the hype which is fine but the second one starts you with every ability the first ended with and the game is really, really long.

About 50 or so of the games though are just incredible. Jet Force Gemini, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and Diddy Kong Racing are some of my favorites as well. Wow I guess I like Rare, lol.

Squellvine posted...

JixHedgehog posted...

What was the best N64 game in your opinion?

I can sort of relate.. I had over 120 complete SMS games (and was still going).. something about the mid 80s to early 90s 8bit SEGA era appealed to me.
Had to let em go when I moved.. so I researched prices, took out the rare ones out and sold the rest as a set

Anyway, good luck to you, its not an easy decision

My favorite of all the games - probably Banjo Tooie. The first one gets all the hype which is fine but the second one starts you with every ability the first ended with and the game is really, really long.

About 50 or so of the games though are just incredible. Jet Force Gemini, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and Diddy Kong Racing are some of my favorites as well. Wow I guess I like Rare, lol.

Heck yeah! Theres a Rare collection for .. Xbox? Not sure if it contains any of the originals thou :)
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Honestly I would keep them, as their value will only continue to increase. As each generation passes, they're only going to get harder and harder to obtain. Unless you need the money right now, it's probably not worth it. I remember when I bought a copy of Hagane for SNES for only $35 dollars. This was around the early 2000s. Now the game for whatever reason shot up to $500. So yeah, I kinda just hold on to everything now.
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Don't sell your games. Don't even think about them as an investment. That's not why you bought them in the first place

you bought them because you loved the system and wanted to collect them, right? Don't sell them
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